First I just painted it black, then I taped on the stencil I wanted to use..like this.

Then I used a cream colored paint and used a stencil brush until it was evenly distributed.

This is the final product! Cute? Right?

I think this would look great on a bookshelf resting on top of some books..I have yet to do that. This took literally only about 30 minutes to do. The longest part was the drying time. Cute and inexpensive!!